Thursday, December 2, 2010

Guest Post: Cilantro and Mint Tandoori Chicken



It is with great pleasure to introduce you to Tanvi from Sinfully Spicy, a fun blog full of delicious recipes  I love Tanvi's fun style of writing and story telling and great pictures and she kindly offered to share a recipe with us all :-) 

We didn't make it to NYC yesterday the flights got cancelled due to bad weather, we spend the day in Charlotte airport, aw well we got a refund and we will go in a couple of months. Tanvi visited NYC on her blog so be sure to visit for pictures. So sad I didn't get to meet my wonderful blogging buddies but there will be another time :-) a good meal always makes things better and this chicken rocks..........


Namaste! I m Tanvi from Sinfully Spicy.I m an Indian currently living in the beautiful city of Las Vegas, USA for past year and a half. If  I were to describe myself in few words, I would say that I am a mechanical engineer by profession but a cook by heart.Cooking has been a passion since I was 10 and it continues to grow strong each day.
Just to give a tangible shape to my love for cooking and preserve my kitchen antics, I started blogging around 6 months ago. In the course of few months, I have met wonderful bloggers who share the same passion. So much so that few of them will be friends for life now. When Rebecca presented an opportunity to come up with a guest post on her blog, I was more than thrilled and felt so honored too at the same time. Thank you Rebecca.
No point for guessing that I wanted to do a post of an Indian recipe. Initially, I wanted to blog about Indian lentil soup but then I made this cilantro and mint tandoori chicken last week and it didn’t take me a minute to change my mind on what I wanted to post. Thanks again Rebecca for keeping up with me :) So below I present my take on how to turn this classic Indian appetizer into an entree dish for a change.Infact this is a two in one recipe, if you want to prepare just the tandoori chicken, just skip the second part of the recipe.Read on..


Ingredients:


First part: Tandoori Chicken:


1 lb chicken drum sticks, skinless
1 tbsp canola oil for brushing
For the Tandoori Paste/Marinade:
3/4 cup plain thick yogurt
1 tbsp lemon juice [preferably freshly squeezed]
2 tsp Red chili powder [or Cayenne powder](as per taste)
1 tsp oil
1.5 tsp dry coriander powder
1.5 tsp fresh garlic paste
1.5 tsp fresh ginger paste
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
2 tsp dry fenugreek leaves [kasuri methi, available at Indian stores]
1/2 tsp ground cumin powder
1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
Salt to taste

Method:
Wash the chicken pieces thoroughly & pat dry with a paper towel. Make incisions with a sharp knife on thick parts of the chicken pieces deep enough to reach the bone.
Apply a mixture of one tablespoon lemon juice and salt over the chicken and set aside for half an hour.
Beat the thick yogurt for about 2 minutes to remove all lumps.Add all other ingredients of the marinade to the yogurt and mix well. Rub this marinade over the chicken pieces. Put the chicken pieces and marinade in a bowl, cover the bowl with a plastic wrap and marinate overnight or for at least 6-7 hours in a refrigerator.
For cooking the chicken: You can choose to cook the chicken over the grill for 20 minutes till tender or in a broiler.Preheat the broiler to 450 F.Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil and arrange the chicken pieces on it. Brush the marinated chicken pieces with oil/butter. Tip the sheet inside the oven on top rack and cook for about 22-25 minutes flipping it after 15 minutes till chicken is tender. Reserve the drippings and leftover marinade,if any.

Second Part: Cilantro & Mint Tandoori Chicken:
Ingredients:
1 cup fresh cilantro leaves
½ cup fresh mint leaves
2 cloves garlic
3 green chilies
1 cup sliced onions
1 tbsp coriander seeds
Salt to taste
2 tbsp oil
Method
In a food processor tip in the cilantro & mint leaves, garlic, coriander seeds and green chilies. Pulse 10-12 times to get a coarse paste.
Heat oil in a pan and sauté the onions in the oil till transculent. Add the cilantro paste, tandoori chicken pieces, salt and drippings from the pan or leftover marinade if any to the pan along with ¼ cup water.
Let it cook for 15-20 minutes,lid on.
Serve with hot steamed rice.
Enjoy!




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35 comments:

  1. WoW, its up! I m feeling soo good.Hugs to you Rebecca.

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  2. It has been lots chilly weather reported lately at the northern hemisphere. Good that you got your refund.

    Thanks sharing this guest post. The tandoori chicken looks very yummy :D

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  3. How I love tandoori - the mint brightens it beautifully. Lovely recipe! Bookmarked. I know I will want this. And oh Rebecca - airports. Sigh. Airports. Yeah.

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  4. Looks delicious AND healthy. Great job :)

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  5. Thats a tongue tickling chicken..Love Tanvi's cooking very much..

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  6. Thank you Rebecca for introducing us to another lovely Blog.
    Great work, the tandoori sounds yummy ♥

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  7. I love to find new ingedients and recipe; thank youfor intoducing us to a new blogger.
    Hope your weather improves.
    Rita

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  8. wow that chicken looks absolutely fantastic! Love tanvi's blog. I will definitely be trying this.

    I would love to come visit you guys! I wish I had known you when I was interviewing for med school at wake forest. It would have been so much fun to have a meet-up then!

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  9. This chicken looks so moist and mouth-watering! Delicious.

    Another terrific guest post, Rebecca.

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  10. I just LOVE the bold, fresh and delicious flavors of Indian cooking!

    This dish looks fabulous and it's a recipe I will try for sure! I still have a ton of mint growing outside!

    Thanks to you both!

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  11. One of my favs! One of my water class friends who is south Indian laughed because I have admitted to eating chicken tikka masala for breakfast a few times this week! Hey have the carbs early right!

    Beautiful dish! I love love love cilantro!

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  12. Hi Tanvi! Your tandoori chicken looks wonderful. I have never tried this dish but would love too. I love the spices you have used. Thanks for sharing it.

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  13. Thank you everyone for liking my dish .I m totally floored.Thanks Rebeca [yet again] :)

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  14. I love Indian food and this looks amazing! I will definitely have to try this :) Great guest post!

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  15. Wow! I am loving the spice profiles on these dishes. Awesome job and recruitment!
    Thanks

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  16. Wow! Now this is a full-flavored and gorgeous chicken dish. Very creative and delicious.

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  17. What can possibly go wrong with cilantro and mint! Beautiful recipe!

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  18. thanks Tanvi for sharing an amazing recipe and for all the comments

    have a fun weekend love Rebecca

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  19. Yumm!! that does looks delicious a great new way to jazz up tandoori chicken :)

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  20. What delicious flavors for chicken. My mouth is starting to water just looking at it even though it's almost midnight. By the way, I'm holding a giveaway on my blog for Orglamix Organic makeup and you're welcome to come by and enter. http://sweet-as-sugar-cookies.blogspot.com/2010/12/orglamix-organic-mineral-makeup-review.html

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  21. Lovely guest post, Rebecca! Chicken Tandoori is something I've never tried.

    And I'm so sorry the weather changed your plans when you were looking forward to it so much.

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  22. Rebecca, Thanks for sharing this nice guest post. By the way, my little support to you, I just purchase your " Chow and Chatter" recipe application and install in my iphone. I can't wait to try out all the recipes! Cheers!

    *I hope next time I can also create one Asian recipes application like you, but just think only since I have no idea how to get to this far.

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  23. what a flavorful dish that is! The mint and cilantro were such a perfect touch to round out the flavors of the tandoori chicken!
    I am so glad to have met you on Rebecca's blog!
    cheers
    Dennis

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  24. Tanvi, this looks absolutely yumm-O!

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  25. Cilantro and Mint Tandoori chicken looks delicious. Nice one. Thanks Sorry that your flights got canceled. It difficult to predict traveling in this weather.

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  26. Im so sorry to hear that Rebecca!!
    Always another time and better it will be too!
    Ur pal Tanvi sure has some lovely deliciousness here, an absolutely delightful chicken , yummmyyy!
    Ur thai inspired pork is fantastic too and i must check out on the blog ranks too:-)

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  27. What a wonderful sounding recipe! yum!

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  28. thanks all oh and Sonia you have made my day, the first download of the app in Malaysia yipee

    Rebecca

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  29. Whoaa!! This is SO my kind of dish! Great work Tanvi!! Looks incredible and my mouth is salivating just imagining the flavors in my mouth :)

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  30. this is delicious looks stunning...glad to stop by ur blog from Tamvi :)

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  31. Gorgeous guest post Tanvi, and a finger licking good curry! YUM!

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  32. Various recipe for chicken, thanks for sharing.

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